“Tip reached out just to meet me, to say hello, and I found a position for him, conveniently, where he could be used,” Azalea explained of how the two joined forces. “And he was down with it; that’s the truth.”

“I think her exact words were: ‘It’s very smart of you to call me because I’m going to be smashing sh– for quite some time now and no one will be able to breathe if they’re not on my team. So it’s good that you’ll be here, so you’ll have oxygen,’” T.I. added about how the deal came about with the Iggamonster, as he affectionately refers to Iggy.

Confirming T.I.’s statement, Azalea continued, “I was like, ‘I’m going to be a bushfire that sucks up all the oxygen so nobody can breathe and you might want an oxygen mask.’”

The Australian femcee is set to released her debut album in June. In addition to working with Azalea and Trae, T.I. also added British rapper Chip (formerly known as Chipmunk) to Grand Hustle Records. —Gina Montana

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This nigga didnt sign REDMIC…smh and she’s in yo city tip but I guess you ridin the wave too huh. Eminem I hope your reading this (not really) but REDMIC is ill flow, bars, and pretty as hell. she killed a mobb deep, wu tang, nicki, and shady beat..Eminem I hope your reading this..itunes and reverb gave me REDMIC #hiphop

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T.I. Has been consistently dope throughout his carear but I feel the so called artists his bringing to Grand Hustle is gonna severely damage his rep and his music. Chipmunk sucks more than a billion thirsty whores. Not a good look for T.I.
I won’t be bumping his new stuff if he’s gonna collaborate with these lames but I’ll keep listening to the back catalogue for ever.

she says she has been rapping since she was 14 which is a joke
Im an Australian Emcee who has done battle and gigs and she
is a nobody here a justin bieber type
how could she pretend to be black rock an american accent
and say she is from Sydney when no one knows who she is in the scene. Austrlian Hiphop wise